First Appearance: Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#3 (February, 1986)

History:

(Captain America I#317 (fb) - BTS) - Oddball and Bombshell
decided to join a team of evil jugglers, each specializing in a particular
weapon. Oddball continued wielding his arsenal of deadly balls; Bombshell
focused on juggling lit bombs and explosive devices; Knickknack took to juggling
blades, chainsaws, and bricks; Tenpin, Oddball's brother, juggled burning
bowling pins; and Ringleader, who called himself the leader of the group,
juggled razor sharp rings. Calling themselves the Death-Throws, the deadly
jugglers started taking contracts out for various kills and assignments. Oddball
heard from Crossfire that he would pay the team handsomely if they rescued him
from the police before the trial.

(Captain America I#317) - The Death-Throws waited for
Crossfire, who was being escorted into the courthouse by the police. They threw
gas bombs at the crowd and hit the cops with tossed weapons, Knickknack wielding
a pipe. As the crowd choked, the jugglers donned gas masks and gave one to
Crossfire, easily escaping with him and blowing up a cop car on their way out.
When they arrived back at their warehouse headquarters, the Death-Throws
realized that Crossfire couldn't pay them Furious, they made Crossfire stand in
the middle of them as they juggled and tossed deadly devices at each other,
which would have killed him if he moved. They decided to use him as bait for
Hawkeye, who they figured they could auction off to the Avengers. The
Death-Throws set traps at an abandoned railroad station and sent a message to
Hawkeye through Captain America's hotline. Hawkeye soon entered with Captain
America's shield and they nearly trapped him under a steel mesh net, but Captain
America entered and fired flare arrows, lighting the room up and giving Hawkeye
time to escape. The Death-Throws attacked, throwing their various weapons.
Bombshell was taken down by an arrow from Hawkeye while Captain America charged
Tenpin, knocking him out. Knickknack caught Captain America's shield and they
tossed it around, then he severed Hawkeye's bow with a thrown blade as Captain
America punched out Ringleader. The last standing juggler, Knickknack hit
Hawkeye with the shield, then tried to escape, but Mockingbird arrived and
stopped him. Oddball, who'd been trapped under adhesives, confessed their crimes
to Hawkeye.

(Avengers Spotlight#25 (fb) - BTS) - Crossfire hired several
villains, including Bobcat, the Brothers Grimm, the Bullet Biker, Mad Dog,
Razor-Fist, and the Death-Throws, offering a bounty if they brought him the
severed arm of Hawkeye.

(Avengers Spotlight#23) - Hawkeye, wounded and running from
other opponents, was attacked by the Death-Throws, who surrounded him, each
juggling their deadly arsenal. Oddball hit Hawkeye in the ribs with a ball just
before the hero climbed quickly up a telephone pole to escape. He shot an arrow
at one of Bombshell's bombs and escaped in the subsequent explosion.

(Avengers Spotlight#24) - Hawkeye was joined by Trickshot,
who fired an arrow and narrowly saved Hawkeye from one of Knickknack's thrown
cleavers. Knickknack was shocked when Trickshot fired several arrows that
grazed his clothing and pinned him to the wall. The Death-Throws soon joined
Crossfire and the others in surrounding Hawkeye in the sewer.

(Avengers Spotlight#25) - Crossfire ordered Hawkeye's arm
severed. As the villains moved in, Mockingbird and Trickshot joined Hawkeye,
and they fought the villains off, disarming the Death-Throws with their arrows
and staves while Hawkeye kept dodging their tossed weapons. In minutes, all the
villains were defeated.

(Captain America I#411) - The Death-Throws traveled
to the AIM Weapons Expo on Boca Caliente. Later, they watched,
alongside dozens of other criminals, a bout between "Crossbones" and
Mad Dog, Ramrod and Sumo.

(Captain America I#412-414) - The fight continued
against Razor-Fist (Douglas Scott) and Batroc the Leaper before Captain
America was exposed. The villains rushed to attack, but were fought off
by Captain America and his allies, Falcon, Shang-Chi, and Diamondback
(Rachel Leighton).

(Avengers: The Initiative#27 (fb)) - Knickknack and
Ringleader were approached by Dr. Sax and Johnny Guitar, who wanted to
join the team, but they were turned down as they didn't juggle.

(Union Jack II#1) - RAID hired the Death-Throws (Bombshell,
Knickknack, a new Oddball (Orville Bock), Ringleader, Tenpin), who were now
being led by Crossfire, to engage in terrorist attacks on London.

(Union Jack II#2) - While attacking the Tower Bridge, the
Death-Throws were hit by Sabra, who quickly nailed Tenpin. Sabra stayed out of
Crossfire's mind control range, though he nearly grazed her with a bullet.
Knickknack and Ringleader were prepared to attack her, but Union Jack drove a
flying car into them, knocking them into the river. Bombshell, back to using lit
bombs, hit Union Jack with an exploding bomb, but he jumped on the flying
Sabra's back. They easily defeated Oddball and Crossfire with punches, then
convinced Bombshell to surrender her back of bombs.

(Loki: Agent of Asgard#8) - Ringleader led the Death-Throws, introduced by their audutioning member Throwdown, into a heist at the Big Top Casino in Las Vegas. Their heist was thwarted by Loki when he hit a knockout gas ball tossed by Oddball back at them, leaving the Death-Throws behind unconscious for the authorities to pick up.

Comments: Created by Mark Gruenwald, Paul Neary, and Dennis Janke.

The Death-Throws received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#3.